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The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Start date: October 1, 2009

Finish date: November 30, 2009

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Jul 30, 2009 Bookmarks Magazine rated it liked it

Shelves: sept-oct-2009

"Readers worldwide loved Shadow of the Wind; critics are more skeptical about The Angel's Game. Certainly, Zafon knows how to tell a story: the novel meshes forbidden love, magical realism, religion and ideas, literature, and gothic horror in a compelling tale. He also knows how to set a scene: here, the architecture, slums, and modernist leanings of Barcelona become a character in their own right. Still, complaints marred the reviews. A few critics commented that the story, despite its far-fetc ...more

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Oct 23, 2009 Sera rated it it was ok

Shelves: library, own, literary-fiction

Oy - what a disappointment. I would have given this book one star, but I really enjoyed the first 250 pages, and then things started to go downhill after there. Too many twists, too many angles, and too many storylines made this book end up to be a real mess. What a shame - I absolutely loved Zafon's first book, Shadow of the Wind, but I almost wouldn't be able to tell that he wrote this book, too, if it wasn't for the writing style and the inclusion of the Cemetary of Forgotten Books in the plo ...more

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Apr 14, 2009 Alison rated it it was amazing

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Jun 04, 2009 Charisse rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction

It's really a 3 1/2 almost 4 stars. This book left me frustrated - as Jeanette had said in her review there is much left hanging and/or undeveloped. Yet Zafon has a gift of writing about twisting, turning, sinister, shadows... and it kept me picking the book up to read more. I kept hoping the plot would go one way and it turned the other... yet I kept reading.

It's definately not on par with The Shadow of the Wind - however, it captivated me with the mysterious "boss", the beautiful Cristine and ...more

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